5 f# N, ^7 H! N/ f1 T: K- |0 j 佩斯是应中央军委委员、中国人民解放军总参谋长梁光烈的邀请，于22日开始对中国为期4天的正式访问。中央军委副主席郭伯雄，中央军委副主席、国务委员兼国防部长曹刚川22日分别会见了佩斯。梁光烈与佩斯举行了会谈。* e2 A* g( T v! A6 v7 K" Z' V; c. X
: h: y# m& u1 N 佩斯说，他们讨论了通过其他途径增进两军间的信任，比如，互相观摩军事演习，共同参加人道主义救援，增加军官交流等。7 o n; J$ Q3 w& f5 D! U0 ~2 `
8 t$ t( v5 E# y: v0 | 佩斯一行是今年访华的第一个美国高级军事代表团，也是佩斯2005年就任美军参联会主席以来首次访华。 9 ]8 b' t" T8 O; Z T6 ~7 c ( u) f' q {& L( s# U( g( jU.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible( s: x R! y; }! R2 B6 ]4 ]
9 [8 U' _. B @: Y( b0 E/ n* bBEIJING — China's military is proposing officer exchanges and other confidence-building measures with the U.S. Army and may be inching closer to setting up a “hotline” for emergency communication with Washington, the top U.S. general said Friday. 3 W7 ?0 c4 s0 F, g; B + f" x: V8 u+ J+ E' g7 m4 }$ h# VHowever, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he received no new information in meetings with Chinese military chiefs about Beijing's test of an anti-satellite weapon in January that raised concern in Washington. He said he continued to press China's generals for more transparency about the aims of their military buildup.- i5 |$ |; k/ J
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“I used the example of the anti-satellite test as how sometimes the international community can be confused, because it was a surprise that China did that, and it wasn't clear what their intent was,” Gen. Pace said. $ O( A1 H+ s/ c9 T5 T5 Z, M8 O2 b/ F; |- Q% S* u$ A+ d0 ^' U
Gen. Pace said he immediately agreed to study the proposals put forward Friday by Gen. Liang Guanglie, chief of the PLA's General Staff Department. Liang's move suggested a departure from the skepticism with which the highly secretive People's Liberation Army has long regarded co-operation with the U.S. military./ L9 H2 B) I' D+ I. d, ^, k+ A- `
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“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing. 3 X- w8 b6 L- v" b5 V 5 `$ N6 j, H; o4 u% g- YGen. Liang's proposals included sending Chinese cadets to the Army academy at West Point as well as participating in joint exercises and humanitarian and relief-at-sea operations “that might be able to build trust and confidence amongst our forces.”# ~5 k8 ~- x2 k' h7 s
: i4 I2 q3 P% [; t* pMilitary exchanges were largely suspended following a collision between a U.S. spy plane and a Chinese jet fighter over the South China Sea in 2001. The Chinese pilot was killed and the U.S. crew held captive after making an emergency landing at a Chinese air base. . A) M7 }& w( O4 u( h- U S3 W0 l' e% X! \+ X
During that crisis, communication between the sides was spotty and at times non-existent, largely because Washington had no direct channel of communications with the Chinese leadership. : e( ]: c; w9 Y' s) s . ^2 n0 f5 R8 J4 {! bGen. Pace said the sides agreed to keep discussing setting up a “hotline” between either military or civilian leaders that would help ease any future friction. $ K0 [2 m+ l# W( t& U8 a) ], T; Z% z7 M G( ^
“The Chinese military understands as well as I do that the opportunity to pick up the phone and talk to somebody you know and smooth out misunderstandings quickly is a very important part of relations between two countries,” Gen. Pace said. , ?9 y! q0 C9 T; [! f% E. K2 ^/ A- \1 C5 Q3 |: W
Deep mistrust remains, however, particularly over Washington's close military ties with Japan and commitment to help ensure the defence of Taiwan, the self-governing island that China considers its own territory and which it has threatened to use force to recover. 2 F; w& ~, V! K0 |3 w. H) l- W6 E& p$ w+ y6 i; u$ a2 x0 p
China has complained about U.S. plans to sell a batch of more than 400 missiles to Taiwan, but Gen. Pace said he had no details and didn't indicate whether the deal was mentioned in discussions. 1 U- O. _/ N1 ~6 I' Z5 b5 D9 E/ @4 T; [9 n$ Y& i' D; z
Asked about the possibility of a conflict over Taiwan, he said: “I believe there are good faith efforts among all the leadership to prevent that.” . C, u) S( B2 [* R. U* L* G ! H" {$ c2 V5 s# Y) N- d8 M) s) }The general didn't say how the Chinese officers responded to his calls for more transparency. China raised its military budget by 17.8 per cent this year to about $45-billion (U.S.) -- the biggest jump since 1995. The Pentagon says actual Chinese defence spending could be twice as high. , F& N* x& m! s! o4 d4 C+ P * D: m" Y- E) V+ H9 M: y5 v5 ZThe spending boost and January's satellite test, in which China became only the third country to destroy an object in space by pulverizing one of its own unused satellites with a missile warhead, heightened the sense of unease in Washington over China's 2.3 million-member armed forces. 1 S4 v0 U4 }) M( n2 a7 @/ X5 v * M0 ~" u+ d; W+ F. M9 N0 f C. C, K; V5 D; \
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Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace inspects the guard of honor during a welcome ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Beijing March 22, 2007.
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